It is possible for an internally cracked planchet to fail the "tone test" but this would be very unusual. There IS a chinese counterfeit of the...
Picture isn't good enough to tell it it is the pointed tail 9 or not, and I would be surprised at a $10 per coin value. Most people don't care...
Is this a coin or a medal? If it is a coin, what country? I don't believe the East India Company still exists. So it is probably supposed to be...
We will need good pictures to be able to tell anything.
The second coin appears to be normal, just some die deterioration. What does the reverse of the first one look like? Are we looking at an...
No, PMD = Not an error. There are plenty of PMD coins that are still valuable.
Fake without a doubt. There are six varieties for 1809, only one of them has the leaf point below the final S in STATES anywhere close to being...
That's only 70 bags, or 140 boxes. :)
It would depend on the year of the set. Stuff from the 60's and 70's probably won't average much more than MS-63. Stuff from the 80's might make...
Well that explains it. It looked like Daniel Carr's work, but it isn't listed on his website as one of his prior pieces. It's because he didn't...
It was probably a giveaway by the bank from years ago when silver was much cheaper. (With a motto of "Honest value never fails" I would doubt...
Why would you send it by UPS considering UPS doesn't offer insurance on coins? If you aren't going to bother with insurance why don't you just...
Typically it is a 24 hr turnaround. They do have a Show Express 4 hour grading service as well but the fee for that is $200 per coin, $250 for...
That would be Michigan Masters. Neat edge view slab they've got where you can see the entire edge while looking straight on at the coin. Lets...
F-12? I'm not sure I would grade it that high. An 8 coin maybe.
OK, I'm using Firefox 4. Enlarge the image in ebay. Right click the image select "View page info" in the window that opens click on...
Yes, a lack of brain cells. You obviously have too many brain cells to be fooled by this auction. (Congratulations)
A warning on the first page wouldn't help me because I always open threads using the "Go to first unread" thingy, and since I probably read the...
Remember I mentioned time value of money? If you bought a $25 roll of each president, buy the end of this year you will have spent $375. but you...
You can be pretty confident that the piece IS sterling silver. The Franklin mint material was often made in weights that seem odd today. In the...
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